hayao miyazaki (born january 5, 1941) joined toei doga in 1963, first as an inbetween artist on features such as doggie march (1963) and gulliver's travels beyond the moon (1965), then as a key animator. at toei he met isao takahata, who directed the great adventure of horus, prince of the sun (1968); miyazaki worked on it as key animator, concept artist and scene designer.
miyazaki followed takahata to a-pro in 1971, where he co-directed 17 of the 23 episodes of lupin the third part i (1971-72), his directorial debut. using designs and animation left over from a canceled pippi longstocking project, he animated the two panda! go, panda! shorts (1972 and 1973), directed by takahata with yasuo ōtsuka as animation director. at zuiyō eizō, later nippon animation, he did scene design and layout on heidi, girl of the alps (1974), directed by takahata, and directed his first television series, future boy conan (1978).
he moved to tokyo movie shinsha in 1979 and directed his first feature, lupin iii: the castle of cagliostro, released december 15, 1979. he wrote and drew the manga nausicaä of the valley of the wind for animage from 1982, and directed the film adaptation, produced by topcraft, released march 11, 1984.
on june 15, 1985 miyazaki and takahata founded studio ghibli as a subsidiary of tokuma shoten. its early features include my neighbor totoro (1988), released on a double bill with takahata's grave of the fireflies, and kiki's delivery service (1989).
princess mononoke (1997) was the first animated film to win the japan academy film prize for picture of the year; miramax handled its north american release, with an english script by neil gaiman. a 1996 deal between walt disney and tokuma shoten gave buena vista and miramax worldwide distribution of ghibli's films, except southeast asia. spirited away (2001) was released in the united states by buena vista, with an english version directed by kirk wise, and won the academy award for best animated feature. an earlier american release of nausicaä, retitled warriors of the wind (1985), cut almost thirty minutes of the film.
related profiles; Yoshihiro Togashi, Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi
sources; wikipedia: hayao miyazaki, wikipedia: heidi, girl of the alps, wikipedia: the castle of cagliostro, wikipedia: studio ghibli, wikipedia: my neighbor totoro, wikipedia: spirited away
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